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A white angular exhaust vent cover mounted with screws on gray vinyl house siding.

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Gonzales, LA

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A white hooded exhaust vent cap mounted on gray vinyl lap siding.

Cold nights make the lint stick

Every load pushes warm, damp air out through the vent. Winter nights here average 44°F from December through February, and that cold reaches into the vent itself. The damp air cools fast against those walls, and lint sticks to them instead of blowing clear.

That buildup narrows the vent a little more with each load. Air moves slower, the dryer runs hotter to push it through, and the exhaust has a harder time clearing the line before the next cold night sets in.

44°F
the average winter night, and cold vents catch damp lint
5 months
November through March, the vent stays cold
Isometric line illustration of a front-loading dryer on a floor next to a wall, with a flexible corrugated duct running from the back of the machine through the wall to an exterior vent hood.
Your vent runs coldest from December through February.

NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals

How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
Once a year for most households. If you run large loads often, or you have a long vent run to the outside, clean it more often than that. A duct full of lint restricts airflow no matter what the weather is doing outside, so this holds true year round here.
Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
You can clean the section you can reach, but you likely cannot clean the whole run yourself. Most dryer vents have bends and a long stretch of ducting between the machine and the outside wall hood, and lint builds up past where a vacuum or a brush on a short rod can reach. A contractor uses rods and brushes made to travel the full length of the duct and clear the hood at the other end.
What are the signs of a clogged dryer vent?
Clothes that take more than one cycle to dry, a dryer that runs hotter than usual, and the outside vent hood flap barely moving or not opening at all are the main signs. You may also notice more lint than usual collecting around the lint trap door, or a burning smell during a cycle. Any of these means air is not moving through the duct the way it should, and the vent needs to be cleared.
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